Butsniv: Apostolic Penitentiary original grant Prot.575/17/I, renewed for another seven years by Prot.02864/2025–365/24/I

PlenaryLocal / restricted

Butsniv pilgrimage: seriously impeded faithful

Faithful of the parish who are prevented by age, illness or another serious cause may unite spiritually with its rites or devotions before a Marian image and offer prayers and sufferings.

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Time required No fixed duration

When: The first Sunday after the local Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Saints Peter and Paul (29 June), and the Immaculate Conception (9 December), during the renewed seven-year term
Where: Where the seriously impeded person is, before a Marian image
Who: Faithful of the Butsniv parish prevented by old age, illness or another serious cause
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Be a member of the parish’s faithful and be prevented by old age, illness or another serious cause from participating in the pilgrimage.
Reject every sin and intend to fulfil the three ordinary conditions as soon as possible.
Before a small image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, unite spiritually with the pilgrimage celebrations or pious exercises on the designated occasion.
Offer prayers and sufferings to the merciful God through Mary. The signed decree prescribes no particular spoken formula for this impeded alternative.

The work and its conditions

This grant has a special provision for the ordinary conditions. Follow the requirements above and the source closely.

Conditions common to every indulgence

The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.

Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.

Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Spiritual union and offering

Duration varies

No fixed duration

No numerical minimum or fixed formula is prescribed. The work includes spiritual union before a Marian image on an eligible occasion.

Timing sources

What the time estimate excludes

Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions

Editorial review due: 9 January 2027. This is not a legal expiry date.

Occasion and source notes

These are the current local dates published in January 2026, replacing the former Julian-calendar civil dates in the 2017 original. First-Saturday prayer meetings are not additional indulgenced occasions. Confirm any local transfer.

Current status is confirmed by the UGCC in January 2026. The renewal bears a 2025 protocol and an April 2024 petition date but no distinct signature date; an exact expiry is not inferred. The original June 2017 date is rendered inconsistently in later summaries. The 9 January 2027 review date is an editorial recheck, not an expiry. Exact work follows the signed original, whose grant is renewed.

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.